The ability to commercialize new technology rapidly is essential for a competitive advantage in dynamically changing private and public sector environments. Technology commercialization is key to the reinvention of organizations and the basis for the creation of new customer oriented technology-based enterprises. Through the MSTC program you will gain the knowledge and skills to cope with the formidable economic, social, financial, and political changes associated with creating economic value from knowledge. The focus is on the rapid transfer of research, knowledge, and technology from ideas to the marketplace - the entrepreneurial wealth creation process.

The mission of the MSTC program is to combine cutting edge technology, entrepreneurship and education to bridge the gap between ideas and needs in the marketplace resulting in the creation of new, innovative ventures.

One Year, 27 Weekends

The MSTC program is designed so that students earn a graduate degree in just one year while continuing to work full-time. Classes meet every-other weekend, on Fridays and Saturdays from 8:00 am to 5:30 pm, for a total of 27 weekends. The program begins in April of each year and consists of 36 graduate credits packed into an intensive sequence of 12 three-credit courses. It concludes with UT commencement the following May, one year after new students began.

Real Technologies

The MSTC curriculum is about action-based learning. Instead of focusing on business case studies and hypothetical exercises, students work with actual technologies and innovations. Most assignments are completed in a small team of students who collaboratively develop market strategies and business plans for truly original technologies throughout the year. The program culminates when student teams formally present their final technology commercialization plan before a panel of faculty, industry leaders and venture capitalists. Several technologies have evolved into subsequent successful commercial ventures for MSTC graduates.

In Class or Online

The MSTC program may be completed without ever coming to Austin since there is not a residency requirement.  You have the option of attending classes in Austin, via live video webcast or via video archive - or utilize a combination of all three.  All MSTC classes are webcast live over the internet, so you can participate and ask questions from any location in the world offering a broadband connection. Since lectures are archived online, you may watch them at a later date if you cannot make the live class or want to review the lecture.

Only The Best!!!

MSTC faculty are among the best worldwide in their respective fields.  These experts are selected from the renowned IC² Institute Fellows, The University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business, College of Engineering and College of Communications.

MSTC instructors carry on the vision of Dr. George Kozmetsky, former Dean of the McCombs School of Business and co-founder of Teledyne. Using know-how culled from successful entrepreneurial ventures throughout the world, Dr. Kozmetsky founded the MSTC degree to meet 21st century demands for accelerated commercialization of emerging technologies. The result is the preeminent executive masters program for the global economy.

Learning opportunities extend beyond the classroom at the MSTC program. You will benefit by attending conferences in innovation, entrepreneurship, and emerging technologies sponsored by the IC² Institute, the home of the MSTC. The Institute also hosts laboratories in Digital Media and Clean Energy, as well as the Austin Technology Incubator.  IC² Institute programs include the Bureau of Business Research, Global Commercialization, Visiting Scholars and IC² Institute Fellows.